The National ambulatory medical care survey; symptom classification

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• Personal Author:
  Meads, Sue ; McLemore, Thomas
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  This report is the first attempt of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to develop a methodology for classifying patients' symptoms, complaints, problems , and reasons for seeking ambulatory medical care. The coding scheme presented here was generated solely for use in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), but it may have wider application. A brief description of NAMCS and the reasons for collecting symptom information are given first. The problems encountered, the rationale used, the met ods employed in developing the scheme, and a detailed description of the classification follow. The tabular list is presented as appendix 1, and an alphabetical index of terms is presented as appendix II. The proposed use of the coding system and its subsequent evaluation are also dicussed. The terms "complaints," "symptoms, " "problems," and "reasons for visit" are used collectively throughout this report.
• Content Notes:
  [by Sue Meads and Thomas McLemore]
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Ambulatory Care Classification Signs And Symptoms
• Source:
  Vital and health statistics. Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research ; no. 63 ; DHEW publication ; no. (HRA) 74-1337
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; iii, 35 p. ; 26 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13060/cdc_13060_DS1.pdf
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